THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DAVID R. EVOY and NICHOLAS J. RICHARDSON _____________ Appeal No. 1997-3156 Application No. 08/372,423 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, FLEMING and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 24, 26, 28-30 and 32. Claims 16-23 have been indicated as allowable and claims 25, 27 and 31 have been canceled. The invention is directed to monitoring the system performance of an integrated circuit in order to allow for the adjustment of operating frequency and to monitor the core temperature of the integrated circuit. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007